| | The Great Insulator Dig of 1977
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| | by Charlie Angevine
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During the long cold winter of 1976 to 1977, I decided that once warm weather
returned, an insulator dig would be in order. I had lightly scouted the site, an
old power company property, several years back. At that time not much could be
done because the ground was still frozen.
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| | Lightning Rod Balls
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| | by Bob and Phoebe Adams Miami, Florida
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WHAT IS A LIGHTNING ROD BALL?
Lightning rod balls are hollow glass shapes with openings at each end so they
may be mounted over a lightning rod. These fancy, colorful examples of the
glassmaker's art probably served only a decorative purpose and were somewhat
of a 'status symbol' in the neighborhood.
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| | Insulator Miniatures
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Dear Dora,
This story has been a long time in the making, the major drawback
being my inability to get a good photo of the insulators involved. This problem
was finally solved when I found out my brother-in-law could get good pictures
for me (He works for an industrial photographing company.). As you can see, the
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| | Junior Page
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Dear Crown Gewel,
My Papa has won first place in the insulator show. I am
very proud of him to. I no some things about insulators. He has six cases of
insulators and 5-1/2 cabnets of them. He also has a hole tin house of them to.
My Daddy had them to until he sold them. My Papa has so many that there on the
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Jack H. Tod
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Gerald Brown (Two Buttes, Colorado) sent a sketch of the top cap for the
dummy pothead (U-190 and similars), and the drawing is shown at the far right.
I'd noticed one of these on Jerry Turner's insulator shelf (Ohio) the last
couple of times I was there, but just kept forgetting to make a drawing of it
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